nhl Game Recap
Nashville Skates Past Minnesota 4-2 - Recap
The Predators beat Minnesota 4-2 on Monday, earning a victory backstopped by Pekka Rinne's 29 saves.
Nashville was favored by -193 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Nashville got goals from Miikka Salomaki, Craig Smith, Mattias Ekholm, and Filip Forsberg in the victory. Smith opened the scoring at 6:01 of the first period.
Pekka Rinne turned in a 29-save effort for the Predators.
Minnesota got goals from Matt Dumba, and Mikko Koivu in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Minnesota got a 24-stop effort from Alex Stalock in the loss.
Nashville scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Nashville lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 31-28.
Next game, Nashville takes its act on the road to face Calgary looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head home to face Arizona.